WEBVTT 00:10.890 --> 00:13.010 Hello and welcome to the Zama Pulse . 00:13.020 --> 00:14.909 I'm Staff Sergeant Caitlin Brodie 00:15.640 --> 00:17.862 Brenda Lee mccullough , the director of 00:17.862 --> 00:20.084 us Army installation management command 00:20.084 --> 00:22.140 Pacific recently traveled to us army 00:22.140 --> 00:24.340 garrison Japan headquarters at K Zama 00:24.350 --> 00:26.517 as part of her first official visit to 00:26.517 --> 00:28.517 army installations in Japan . After 00:28.517 --> 00:30.517 taking the position in August , the 00:30.517 --> 00:32.517 director said that the focus of her 00:32.517 --> 00:34.517 visit was to meet with the garrison 00:34.517 --> 00:36.461 team and learn more about how they 00:36.461 --> 00:38.739 support the diverse army mission there , 00:38.739 --> 00:40.961 really proud of the team here . And I'm 00:40.961 --> 00:43.049 looking forward to coming back and 00:43.060 --> 00:46.040 seeing how improvements and how we take 00:46.049 --> 00:48.049 care of people . During her visit , 00:48.049 --> 00:49.882 Miss mccullough visited multiple 00:49.882 --> 00:51.993 locations on camp Zama and received a 00:51.993 --> 00:54.105 detailed briefing about each facility 00:54.105 --> 00:55.771 including the army family and 00:55.771 --> 00:57.605 unaccompanied housing , fire and 00:57.605 --> 00:59.459 emergency services , the Child 00:59.470 --> 01:01.581 Development Center , the Cogeneration 01:01.581 --> 01:03.849 plant , and more . She was also able to 01:03.860 --> 01:06.082 meet and talk with workforce members at 01:06.082 --> 01:08.309 each location . You can hire skill sets 01:08.319 --> 01:10.208 all the time , but you can't hire 01:10.208 --> 01:12.830 passion , I can train a skill set . So 01:12.839 --> 01:15.860 as long as folks are passionate about 01:15.870 --> 01:18.510 what they do in support of soldiers and 01:18.519 --> 01:20.352 families and most especially the 01:20.352 --> 01:22.790 mission , then I am extremely happy , 01:23.050 --> 01:25.459 which has been great on my first day 01:25.470 --> 01:28.309 working with uh US Army Garris in Japan 01:28.319 --> 01:30.730 because all I've seen everywhere I've 01:30.739 --> 01:32.795 been across the installation is just 01:32.795 --> 01:35.180 passionate employees , great pride and 01:35.190 --> 01:37.459 ownership who really love what they're 01:37.470 --> 01:39.879 doing . The 836 Transportation 01:39.889 --> 01:41.669 Battalion recently conducted an 01:41.680 --> 01:43.680 operation at Yokohama North Dock in 01:43.680 --> 01:45.849 Japan to discharge equipment from us 01:45.860 --> 01:48.510 navy cargo ship MV Fisher . The 01:48.519 --> 01:50.686 equipment had been used during a joint 01:50.686 --> 01:52.852 exercise between the United States and 01:52.852 --> 01:54.852 Australia known as Talisman Sabre . 01:54.852 --> 01:57.019 What happened originally here up until 01:57.019 --> 02:00.879 about 2025 years ago . A lot of this 02:00.889 --> 02:03.629 equipment was stored on ships and 02:03.650 --> 02:05.989 planners at high level determined that 02:06.779 --> 02:09.039 that wasn't as responsive as it could 02:09.050 --> 02:11.960 be if the equipment was here on land 02:11.970 --> 02:14.509 versus being on a ship at sea because 02:14.520 --> 02:16.960 you could better maintain it and you 02:16.970 --> 02:19.192 could better store it here than leaving 02:19.192 --> 02:21.303 it on a ship out in the middle of the 02:21.303 --> 02:23.248 ocean for the operation . The A 36 02:23.248 --> 02:25.414 collaborated with a contracted company 02:25.414 --> 02:27.637 to unload cargo from the ship including 02:27.637 --> 02:29.692 module warping , tugs , a forklift , 02:29.692 --> 02:31.803 aquatic bridging modules and hundreds 02:31.803 --> 02:33.970 of shipping containers . The operation 02:33.970 --> 02:36.026 is conducted twice a year to support 02:36.026 --> 02:38.563 the exercise major Steve TRONG . The 36 02:38.572 --> 02:40.683 Transportation Battalions , executive 02:40.683 --> 02:42.863 officer spoke about the unit's primary 02:42.873 --> 02:45.192 mission at Yokohama North Dock . The 02:45.203 --> 02:47.036 836 primarily . What we do is we 02:47.036 --> 02:49.322 provide elements of terminal ops to 02:49.332 --> 02:51.110 basically set the conditions of 02:51.110 --> 02:53.221 coordinating birth this vessel here . 02:53.221 --> 02:55.332 We also coordinate a specific section 02:55.332 --> 02:57.276 from the Customs Domestic Shipping 02:57.276 --> 02:56.912 Department , which makes sure and 02:56.942 --> 02:59.363 validates all the documentations are 02:59.373 --> 03:01.595 needed to basically bring items here in 03:01.595 --> 03:04.835 mail and to include all of my , we do c 03:05.205 --> 03:07.815 duties that basically has a lot of , a 03:07.826 --> 03:11.376 lot of the line haul and downloading of 03:11.386 --> 03:13.386 the equipment by our subcontractors 03:13.386 --> 03:15.945 here from our master labor contractors . 03:15.955 --> 03:17.788 Firefighters from the Tokyo fire 03:17.788 --> 03:20.016 department trained with us army Garris 03:20.026 --> 03:22.255 in Japan fire and emergency services 03:22.266 --> 03:24.335 personnel . During a recent visit to 03:24.436 --> 03:27.080 Sagami General Depot under the guidance 03:27.089 --> 03:29.279 of des instructors . The Tokyo 03:29.289 --> 03:31.345 firefighters tested their skills and 03:31.345 --> 03:33.567 knowledge by facing a training facility 03:33.567 --> 03:36.440 that incorporates real fire . The Tokyo 03:36.449 --> 03:38.560 firefighters first received classroom 03:38.560 --> 03:40.782 instruction on the facility . They then 03:40.782 --> 03:42.893 moved to the training site and walked 03:42.893 --> 03:45.060 through the inside of the structure to 03:45.060 --> 03:47.282 confirm their operational positions for 03:47.282 --> 03:49.449 their eventual live training portion . 03:49.449 --> 03:51.560 Then they experienced a live blaze in 03:51.560 --> 03:53.227 the so called burn room where 03:53.227 --> 03:55.393 temperatures can reach between 809 100 03:55.393 --> 03:58.014 °F and there is zero visibility . They 03:58.024 --> 04:00.024 were divided into groups of two and 04:00.024 --> 04:02.191 each team was tasked with entering the 04:02.191 --> 04:04.024 structure , rescuing a survivor 04:04.035 --> 04:06.785 extinguishing the blaze and exiting all 04:06.794 --> 04:09.225 while dealing with 250 to 300 degree 04:09.235 --> 04:11.068 temperatures inside the elevated 04:11.068 --> 04:12.710 container . How do you , 04:23.369 --> 04:25.239 do you know what 04:53.369 --> 04:55.480 this marked the first time Tokyo Fire 04:55.480 --> 04:57.702 department personnel were able to train 04:57.702 --> 04:59.536 on the installations facility at 05:22.864 --> 05:26.820 depot soldiers and members assigned 05:26.829 --> 05:29.051 to the 10th missile defense battery got 05:29.051 --> 05:31.107 to experience a traditional Japanese 05:31.107 --> 05:32.950 event known as Mochizuki or rice 05:32.959 --> 05:35.329 pounding during an annual Japan Ground 05:35.339 --> 05:37.829 Self Defense Force ceremony . The 05:37.839 --> 05:39.783 ceremonies typically take place in 05:39.783 --> 05:41.895 Japan in late December to commemorate 05:41.895 --> 05:43.783 the coming New Year . The process 05:43.783 --> 05:45.950 involves repeatedly pounding rice with 05:45.950 --> 05:48.172 wooden mallets until the desired sticky 05:48.172 --> 05:50.117 texture is achieved . The finished 05:50.117 --> 05:52.172 product is known as mochi . The rice 05:52.172 --> 05:54.339 used during the ceremony was harvested 05:54.339 --> 05:56.672 by members of the 10th M DB . Last fall . 05:56.672 --> 05:58.839 Following the ceremony , the attendees 05:58.839 --> 06:01.117 enjoyed mochi cakes and hot mochi soup . 06:01.730 --> 06:03.841 Soldiers assigned to the 14th missile 06:03.841 --> 06:06.063 defense battery recently taught English 06:06.063 --> 06:08.286 in a unique way to members of the Japan 06:08.286 --> 06:10.649 Air Self Defense forces . 35th aircraft 06:10.660 --> 06:12.660 control and warning squadron . Each 06:12.660 --> 06:15.049 month , the soldiers and J AD F members 06:15.059 --> 06:17.003 meet at the dining facility on the 06:17.003 --> 06:19.290 Kyoga Masaki communications site . They 06:19.299 --> 06:21.188 focus on casual conversation in a 06:21.188 --> 06:23.243 relaxed environment rather than in a 06:23.243 --> 06:25.243 classroom setting . They talk about 06:25.243 --> 06:27.299 topics such as their favorite food , 06:27.299 --> 06:29.521 current event and cultural topics . The 06:29.521 --> 06:31.521 meetups not only allow the Japanese 06:31.521 --> 06:33.410 members to practice their English 06:33.410 --> 06:35.355 skills , it also helps to build us 06:35.355 --> 06:37.577 Japan relations at a grassroots level . 06:37.577 --> 06:39.850 The two groups began meeting in 2020 06:40.040 --> 06:42.207 they say the monthly get togethers are 06:42.207 --> 06:44.373 open to all soldiers and jasdf members 06:44.373 --> 06:47.320 there who want to join Lieutenant 06:47.329 --> 06:49.609 Colonel Rachel Bowers , commander of us 06:49.619 --> 06:52.170 army garrison Okinawa on Tory Station 06:52.500 --> 06:54.750 and Yag Okinawa command Sergeant Major 06:54.760 --> 06:57.299 Tawana Nixon recently participated in 06:57.309 --> 06:59.369 the 87th annual joint birth year 06:59.380 --> 07:01.269 celebration at the Sobe Community 07:01.269 --> 07:03.179 Center in Okinawa . The event 07:03.190 --> 07:05.079 celebrates those who were born in 07:05.079 --> 07:07.023 current year in the Chinese zodiac 07:07.023 --> 07:08.968 which this year is the year of the 07:08.968 --> 07:11.079 dragon . There were 100 and 27 people 07:11.079 --> 07:13.246 in the neighboring Sowe Ward , Yomitan 07:13.246 --> 07:15.412 village and Tory Station who were born 07:15.412 --> 07:17.412 in the year of the dragon including 07:17.412 --> 07:19.746 three people who will turn 97 years old . 07:19.746 --> 07:21.912 This year . During the event , members 07:21.912 --> 07:23.912 of the local community performed 12 07:23.912 --> 07:25.746 different dances and celebration 07:25.746 --> 07:27.857 including the kaka fu , a traditional 07:27.857 --> 07:29.857 Okinawan dance . Lieutenant Colonel 07:29.857 --> 07:31.968 Bowers gave remarks and congratulated 07:31.968 --> 07:33.912 the year of the dragon honorees in 07:33.912 --> 07:36.079 attendance . The commander and command 07:36.079 --> 07:38.023 sergeant major of Yag Okinawa also 07:38.023 --> 07:40.023 recently attended the Naha City and 07:40.023 --> 07:42.246 Yomitan Village New Year's reception at 07:42.246 --> 07:44.357 the event . They met and engaged with 07:44.357 --> 07:46.357 local leadership including the Naha 07:46.357 --> 07:48.246 City mayor assembly members , war 07:48.246 --> 07:50.246 chiefs and local business leaders . 07:50.269 --> 07:52.700 Nearly 500 people from Naha City and 07:52.709 --> 07:54.931 throughout Okinawa attended the event . 07:55.760 --> 07:57.871 Attention . All you burger lovers out 07:57.871 --> 08:00.038 there . Have you tried the famed Depot 08:00.038 --> 08:02.149 burger at the Sagami Lounge on Sagami 08:02.149 --> 08:04.371 General Depot ? If you're looking for a 08:04.371 --> 08:06.250 meal that doubles as a culinary 08:06.260 --> 08:08.529 endurance trial , it is just the burger 08:08.540 --> 08:10.929 for you . 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An 09:42.753 --> 09:44.865 iconic and flavorful challenge awaits 09:44.865 --> 09:48.229 you a traditional New Year's event held 09:48.239 --> 09:50.020 recently in Zama City , brought 09:50.030 --> 09:52.252 volunteers and attendees from Camp Zama 09:52.252 --> 09:54.308 for the chance to share in and learn 09:54.308 --> 09:56.474 more about the Japanese observance . A 09:56.474 --> 09:58.586 large fire was built in Kanagawa Park 09:58.586 --> 10:00.641 as the centerpiece of the Dando Yaki 10:00.641 --> 10:02.586 ceremony in which people bring the 10:02.586 --> 10:04.808 previous year's decorations , good luck 10:04.808 --> 10:07.030 amulets and other items to respectfully 10:07.030 --> 10:10.020 dispose of them in the fire is meant to 10:10.030 --> 10:11.974 encourage people to leave the past 10:11.974 --> 10:14.252 behind and start fresh in the new year . 10:14.252 --> 10:16.474 Said Kazuhiro Yasa , a chairperson with 10:16.474 --> 10:18.641 the Zama City Neighborhood Association 10:18.641 --> 10:20.752 and lead organizer of the event . The 10:20.752 --> 10:23.229 ZCN invited Camp Zama community members 10:23.239 --> 10:25.350 to volunteer for and take part in the 10:25.350 --> 10:27.128 ceremony to help strengthen the 10:27.128 --> 10:29.406 relationship between the two neighbors . 10:29.406 --> 10:29.179 He said 10:55.469 --> 10:56.469 no 11:10.929 --> 11:13.040 volunteers like the brown family from 11:13.040 --> 11:15.059 Camp Zama arrived at the park early 11:15.070 --> 11:17.169 before the ceremony put up barrier 11:17.179 --> 11:19.299 around the fire and added kindling to 11:19.309 --> 11:21.087 keep the control blaze going as 11:21.087 --> 11:23.198 visitors began to arrive , the family 11:23.198 --> 11:25.365 will depart Japan this summer and said 11:25.365 --> 11:27.365 it was important to them while they 11:27.365 --> 11:29.476 were here to be an active part of the 11:29.476 --> 11:31.698 community outside Camp Zama and embrace 11:31.698 --> 11:33.698 the country's unique culture . It's 11:33.698 --> 11:36.031 really just being part of the community . 11:36.031 --> 11:38.340 We're we're here uh as visitors and we 11:38.349 --> 11:41.109 wanna um really wanna embrace their 11:41.119 --> 11:43.286 culture and this is one way to do it . 11:43.450 --> 11:45.450 Now , we'd like to take a moment to 11:45.450 --> 11:47.672 spotlight our very own Zama Middle High 11:47.672 --> 11:49.783 School . For this recurring segment , 11:49.783 --> 11:51.950 we collaborate with the school's video 11:51.950 --> 11:54.061 communication class to highlight some 11:54.061 --> 11:56.172 of the school's activities and events 11:56.172 --> 11:57.950 in short student produced video 11:57.950 --> 11:59.950 segments . This month , Andrew Caro 11:59.950 --> 12:02.006 produced a story on the school's key 12:02.006 --> 12:03.783 club volunteers and Justin Caro 12:03.783 --> 12:05.672 produced a story on the quarterly 12:05.672 --> 12:08.006 Awards assembly every year at Camp Zama . 12:08.006 --> 12:10.006 We hold a bustling community bazaar 12:10.006 --> 12:12.117 filled with many diverse shops owners 12:12.117 --> 12:14.228 and products with all the commotion . 12:14.228 --> 12:16.228 However , some shop owners may have 12:16.228 --> 12:18.283 trouble setting up and running their 12:18.283 --> 12:20.283 shops . But luckily for them , this 12:20.283 --> 12:22.283 year , Z mh S's Kiwanis key clubs , 12:22.283 --> 12:24.450 volunteers are here to help the club's 12:24.450 --> 12:26.450 sponsor Michelle Simmer sent out an 12:26.450 --> 12:28.617 email to the members asking if some of 12:28.617 --> 12:30.728 them could help a shop owner with his 12:30.728 --> 12:30.380 booth as he was going to have trouble 12:30.390 --> 12:32.849 just running it by himself . The 12:32.859 --> 12:34.915 volunteer response was great as just 12:34.915 --> 12:37.159 enough volunteers showed up to help the 12:37.169 --> 12:39.002 volunteers focus on helping with 12:39.002 --> 12:41.002 advertising , cleaning and wrapping 12:41.002 --> 12:43.225 furniture that was bought from the shop 12:43.225 --> 12:45.225 here is the shop owner , Umer , but 12:45.225 --> 12:45.010 with his thoughts on their health 12:46.659 --> 12:49.719 volunteers , a lot of help . Uh uh I 12:49.739 --> 12:51.906 got four volunteers from high school . 12:51.906 --> 12:54.530 Um Awesome uh for them to go around and 12:54.539 --> 12:56.817 hand out flyers . They did a great job , 12:56.817 --> 12:59.890 uh very friendly and uh definitely uh 12:59.900 --> 13:02.109 just hoping for it to get busy and uh 13:02.119 --> 13:05.179 it's a great help . The Kowalski Club 13:05.190 --> 13:07.412 is always ready to help those that need 13:07.412 --> 13:09.523 it . So if you have something that is 13:09.523 --> 13:09.140 suitable for volunteers , don't 13:09.150 --> 13:11.419 hesitate to ask them . This is Andrew 13:11.429 --> 13:14.849 for Zen during seminar on Wednesday , 13:14.859 --> 13:17.159 November 15th Z mh S held their first 13:17.169 --> 13:19.336 high school award ceremony of the year 13:19.336 --> 13:21.336 where it started off with the choir 13:21.336 --> 13:23.502 sing the natural anthem . Then quickly 13:23.502 --> 13:25.502 after students went up on stage and 13:25.502 --> 13:25.489 were recognized for the academic 13:25.500 --> 13:27.859 success scaling from honor students to 13:27.869 --> 13:30.091 principalists . The ceremony then ended 13:30.091 --> 13:31.869 by thinking all the parents and 13:31.869 --> 13:33.925 teachers who supported their student 13:33.925 --> 13:33.825 cert in the first quarter . This is 13:33.844 --> 13:37.164 Jessica for more than 30 hoopers were 13:37.174 --> 13:39.063 at Cam Sama's Yano Fitness Center 13:39.063 --> 13:41.063 recently to show off their shooting 13:41.063 --> 13:42.952 skills from the so called charity 13:42.952 --> 13:44.952 stripe in the intramural free throw 13:44.952 --> 13:46.785 competition . The event had each 13:46.785 --> 13:49.007 competitor shoot 30 shots from the line 13:49.007 --> 13:51.007 in two minutes with the two highest 13:51.007 --> 13:52.841 scorers in each division earning 13:52.841 --> 13:55.063 coveted Commanders cup points for their 13:55.063 --> 13:57.230 unit . Two competitors representing us 13:57.230 --> 13:59.396 army garrison Japan placed 1st and 2nd 13:59.396 --> 14:01.563 place in the women's division with the 14:01.563 --> 14:03.674 winners sinking 15 out of 30 shots in 14:03.674 --> 14:05.507 the men's division . Competitors 14:05.507 --> 14:07.285 representing the Japan engineer 14:07.285 --> 14:09.507 district and us Army Japan took 1st and 14:09.507 --> 14:11.770 2nd respectively . They both went 24 14:11.780 --> 14:13.947 for 30 in the first round leading to a 14:13.947 --> 14:15.891 tiebreaker where they each had one 14:15.891 --> 14:17.840 minute to shoot 15 shots . The je 14:17.849 --> 14:20.280 competitor sank 12 of 15 winning the 14:20.289 --> 14:22.840 round . Oh , it feels great . But more 14:22.849 --> 14:24.905 than about winning the competition , 14:24.905 --> 14:26.516 it's really about coming out 14:26.516 --> 14:28.516 participating in these events , you 14:28.516 --> 14:30.460 know , building some camaraderie , 14:30.460 --> 14:32.571 hanging out with all our brothers and 14:32.571 --> 14:32.159 sisters that we work with every day . 14:32.169 --> 14:34.336 So it's , it's , it's , it's a great , 14:34.336 --> 14:36.225 great event . Oh , there was some 14:36.225 --> 14:38.391 really strong competition out here and 14:38.391 --> 14:37.770 there was a lot of great basketball 14:37.780 --> 14:39.947 players here on Camp Zama and a lot of 14:39.950 --> 14:42.070 them came out tonight . So I , I feel 14:42.080 --> 14:44.080 really lucky that I did well , uh , 14:44.080 --> 14:46.191 that a lot of , a lot of other people 14:46.191 --> 14:48.302 also did really well tonight . That's 14:48.302 --> 14:50.524 it for this month's edition of the Zama 14:50.524 --> 14:50.330 Pulse . I'm staff sergeant Caitlin 14:50.340 --> 14:52.020 Brodie . And we'll see you next month .